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CVE-2016-8602
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-14T18:59:00.877 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:35.257

Summary

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack.

Affected products

artifex — ghostscript

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References

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